Spring-hinge.



D. W. MONEIL.

smum HINGE. APPLICATION FILLED NOV. 25, 1907.

902,596. Patented Nov. 3,1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL W. MoNEIL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE JOHN DOUGLASCOMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SPRING-HINGE Application filed November 25, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DANIEL I/V. MoNEIL, a l citizen of the United Statesof America, and l resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State ofOhio, have invented certain new l and useful Improvements inSpring-Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to spring hinges, especially those which are usedfor holding Water-closet seats normally elevated at their forward. endsat angles to the bowls.

The object of my invention is a spring hinge which will hold the seatraised from the bowl normally at a uniform angle, but one of smalldegree, and which is simple in con struction and easily fixed in place.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation ofa bowl, a seat and a flushing valve, provided. with a hinge, embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of a hinge embodying my inventionupon a somewhat enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 butshowing the journal tube in section. Fig. 4 is a sectional view takenupon line of Fig. 3, but upon an enlarged scale.

Bowl, A, has secured at its rear two brackets with cylindrical bearings,a, a, between which is held the tube, 6, upon which leaf, B, of thehinge is journaled by means of collars, Z), I). The leaf, B, is securedto the underside of the seat, O, at its rear. Journal bearing, a, hasformed integral with it a plug, a, which has a vertical slot, a cutthrough it. A flat bar, D, of resilient metal is secured in the slot, a,by means of a set-screw, a eX- tends through the center of the journaltube, 1), and has secured upon its opposite end a Specification ofLetters Patent.

bell crank lever, E, one of whose arms, 6, is

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 403,581.

[ connected by links, f, f to the push rod, F,

of the flush valve, and the other of whose arms, a, is positioned totake under the rear edge of the seat, C, the parts being so adjustedthat in the normal position of the bar, D, the arm, 6 holds the seat, O,at a slight angle to the bowl. The leaf, B, is provided with a lug, 5against the underside of which the arm, 0, bears. When the arm, 6, ofthe bell crank lever, E, is depressed, the bar, D, is under torsion. Assoon as the pressure on the arm, e, is released, the torsion of themetal in the bar, D, will bring the bar back to its normal position,such as shown in Fig. 1.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a closet bowl, a seat, means of hinging the seatto the bowl, a bearing upon the bowl, a bar, a means of securing the barto the hearing so as to limit the rotation of the bar in the bearing anda holding arm secured to the free end of the bar and contacting the seatto hold it normally in a raised position.

2. The combination of a bowl, a tube, means of mounting the tube uponthe bowl, a leaf with collars journaled. upon the tube, a seat securedto the leaf, a bar within the tube, means of securing the bar at one endagainst rotation, a bell. cranl; lever secured upon the opposite end ofthe bar and having one of its arms contacting the seat to hold itnormally in a raised position and the other arm being adapted to besecured to a flushing device.

\VALTER F. MURRAY. AGNES McCoRMAoK

